20 March 2012

We're actually back-tracking a bit today as this photo takes us back to the beginning of the walk. The reason for showing you the photo though is the sign on the left. It says 'Stones and Property, Private.' Understandable as people have a habit of picking up these stones to re-build their walls. Not good.

The lady with the bucket is a good example of why people live so long around here. It's not just our Mediterranean diet but all that walking ...

In the distance is Chapel Saint Lazare - the saint who guards the village from this direction. Saint Roch guards it from the other end.

I can hear the silence. And once in a while maybe some birds and bees or a cricket, a dog barking in the distance...I am always astonished how timeless this area looks! Maybe formerly the bucket would have been of black plastic or even earlier maybe zinc-plated...Barbara from Germany

I agree about the walking. When I have been in a hilly village in Italy or France, my friends and I are huffing and puffing as we ascend and descend the steep hills, and inevitably we will pass an 80 year old woman slowly making her way up or down the path, just as she has done her whole life.